Brucellosis as a cause of orchitis

ABSTRACT

A total of 48 cases of orchitis were collected, the age range is between 15-54 years, 28 of these cases were due to brucellosis, so that brucellosis is a common cause of orchitis particularly at the age between 15-24. The majority of positive cases were at a dilution of 1/320, all patients were treated with a triple therapy of rifampicin, tetracycline and trimethoprim, all cases were responding to this therapy during three weeks